Capital:
Ottawa Total Area: 9,984,670 sq km Population:
34,030,589 (July 2011 est.) Language:
English (official) 58.8%, French (official) 21.6%, other 19.6% (2006 Census)
Task 3 Economic Production
What is the GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)? $1.33 trillion (2010 est.) note: data are in 2010 US dollars How does this compare with the rest of the world? country comparison to the world:15 What is the GDP per capita? $39,400 (2010 est.) How does this compare with the rest of the world? country comparison to the world:123 What is the unemployment rate? 8% (2010 est.) What is the percentage of People below the poverty line? 9.4% note: this figure is the Low Income Cut-Off (LICO), a calculation that results in higher figures than found in many comparable economies; Canada does not have an official poverty line (2008) What are this country's main agricultural products? wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; dairy products; forest products; fish What are this country's main industries? transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed minerals, food products, wood and paper products, fish products, petroleum and natural gas Export partners? US 74.9%, UK 4.1% (2010) Imports partners? US 50.4%, China 11%, Mexico 5.5% (2010)
TASK 4: POPULATION SIZE, SHAPE AND LIFE EXPECTANCY
What is the total population of this country?
(2010) 33,760,000 What is the average life expectancy?
81 years (2010) How many children is a woman expected to have in this country? (This is the Total Fertility Rate.)
1.6 (2010) Infant Mortality rate? 4.92 deaths/1,000 live births
(there was no data for 1990)
TASK 5WHAT IS IT LIKE TO LIVE THERE?
NEWS EVENTS: There are two big events in the news in Canada today.The first one is about a man who was one of the rescuers of people from a plane crash, the second one concerns stormy weather that had forced ferries to delay on several routes, cut power to thousands of homes and caused traffic jams on the highways.
Plane crash rescuer says he 'didn't have a plan'
Jeremy Kerr was driving near the airport when he saw the plane crash onto a city street, nearly one km short of the runways at Vancouver International Airport.
"I jumped my Jeep up onto the curb and I ran toward the aircraft," Kerr told CBC News in an interview Tuesday.
Kerr said a door on the plane opened just as he got to it."There were a couple of other rescuers arriving as well, and the door sort of fell open and a gentleman kind of stumbled out, and so we instantly helped him off [the wing] and there was another gentleman that we also helped out as well."Kerr said he and the other rescuers knew they were walking on the airplane's fuel on the ground all around them and the front of the plane was intensely on fire."The flames were massive. You knew this could blow," he said. "Something really bad could happen really quickly and it was a matter of just speed. Get these people away as fast as possible."We knew it was dangerous, what's happening, but the people are moving and the fire crews weren't there yet, we didn't hear them [coming], so we had to extract them, particularly when someone was screaming from [behind us], 'The plane's going to blow up!'The fire crew took another 20 minutes to free the pilots, who were trapped by the damage to the front of the plane. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/11/01/bc-plane-crash-heros-thanked.html
According to the news articles, stormy weather has forced BC Ferries to delay ferries on several routes on Friday afternoon, cut power to thousands and caused havoc on the Coquihalla and other B.C. highways. Shortly after 2 p.m. BC Ferries began announcing ferries would not be sailing between Vancouver and Vancouver Island, and on several smaller routes until high winds subsided.
About 50,000 BC Hydro customers in the Lower Mainland, the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island regions were without power as the wind knocked trees onto power lines during the height of the storm around 3 p.m. Then by 3:30 p.m. the wind had subsided in some areas and some of the ferries had resumed sailing, including those on the Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay route, but sailings on many routes were running behind schedule.
The storm also brought heavy snow to the Coquihalla Highway and officials were warning drivers not to use the route because of the dangerous winter driving conditions and the large number of vehicles spinning out in the snow.
TERRORISM AND SAFETY: Global Incident Map - According to globalincidentmap.com, Canada is free of terrorism.
TRAVEL ADVICE BY FRANCE:Canada has a highly developed, stable democracy with a vibrant economy. Tourist facilities are widely available in much of the country, but the northern and wilderness areas are less developed and facilities there can be vast distances apart. http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/IMG/fcv/conseils-aux-voyageurs_909/index.html
EXTENSION QUESTION:
Yes I would like to live in Canada because It is a developed country with the following; it has a high GDP level and its employment rate is low, it has a good education system and the poverty rate is low.
Task 6 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE
What is the EPI score given to your country?
Canada has been given a score of 66.4 How does this compare with other countries?
It is ranked 46th out of 163 countries. Which environmental issues are the biggest concern for your country? Current Issues:
Task 7 Education
What percentage of the GDP is spent on education? 4.9% How does this compare with the rest of the world? Canada is in 64th place What percentage of the population is literate? 99% Is there a major difference in rates of literacy between male and female? There is no difference How many years is a person expected to attend school? 17 Is there a difference between between males and females? No, There is no difference.
TASK 8 GENDER EQUALITY
The gender equality index from the Social Watch The Global Gender map Overall score - 0.7372 Economic Participation and opportunity - 0.7768 Educational attainment - 0.9977 Health and survival - 0.9784 Political empowerment - 0.1959
Maternal Mortality rate for Canada - 12 deaths/100,000 live births
Canada is ranked 139th
TASK 1 COUNTRY FACT FILE
Canada
Capital:
Ottawa
Total Area:
9,984,670 sq km
Population:
34,030,589 (July 2011 est.)
Language:
English (official) 58.8%, French (official) 21.6%, other 19.6% (2006 Census)
Task 3 Economic Production
What is the GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)?$1.33 trillion (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2010 US dollars
How does this compare with the rest of the world?
country comparison to the world: 15
What is the GDP per capita?
$39,400 (2010 est.)
How does this compare with the rest of the world?
country comparison to the world: 123
What is the unemployment rate?
8% (2010 est.)
What is the percentage of People below the poverty line?
9.4%
note: this figure is the Low Income Cut-Off (LICO), a calculation that results in higher figures than found in many comparable economies; Canada does not have an official poverty line (2008)
What are this country's main agricultural products?
wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; dairy products; forest products; fish
What are this country's main industries?
transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed minerals, food products, wood and paper products, fish products, petroleum and natural gas
Export partners?
US 74.9%, UK 4.1% (2010)
Imports partners?
US 50.4%, China 11%, Mexico 5.5% (2010)
TASK 4: POPULATION SIZE, SHAPE AND LIFE EXPECTANCY
What is the total population of this country?
(2010) 33,760,000
What is the average life expectancy?
81 years (2010)
How many children is a woman expected to have in this country? (This is the Total Fertility Rate.)
1.6 (2010)
Infant Mortality rate?
4.92 deaths/1,000 live births
TASK 5 WHAT IS IT LIKE TO LIVE THERE?
NEWS EVENTS: There are two big events in the news in Canada today.The first one is about a man who was one of the rescuers of people from a plane crash, the
second one concerns stormy weather that had forced ferries to delay on several routes, cut power to thousands of homes and caused traffic jams on the highways.
Plane crash rescuer says he 'didn't have a plan'
Jeremy Kerr was driving near the airport when he saw the plane crash onto a city street, nearly one km short of the runways at Vancouver International Airport."I jumped my Jeep up onto the curb and I ran toward the aircraft," Kerr told CBC News in an interview Tuesday.
Kerr said a door on the plane opened just as he got to it."There were a couple of other rescuers arriving as well, and the door sort of fell open and a gentleman kind of stumbled out, and so we instantly helped him off [the wing] and there was another gentleman that we also helped out as well."Kerr said he and the other rescuers knew they were walking on the airplane's fuel on the ground all around them and the front of the plane was intensely on fire."The flames were massive. You knew this could blow," he said. "Something really bad could happen really quickly and it was a matter of just speed. Get these people away as fast as possible."We knew it was dangerous, what's happening, but the people are moving and the fire crews weren't there yet, we didn't hear them [coming], so we had to extract them, particularly when someone was screaming from [behind us], 'The plane's going to blow up!'The fire crew took another 20 minutes to free the pilots, who were trapped by the damage to the front of the plane.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/11/01/bc-plane-crash-heros-thanked.html
B.C. storm cuts power, jams highways, stops ferries
According to the news articles, stormy weather has forced BC Ferries to delay ferries on several routes on Friday afternoon, cut power to thousands and caused havoc on the Coquihalla and other B.C. highways. Shortly after 2 p.m. BC Ferries began announcing ferries would not be sailing between Vancouver and Vancouver Island, and on several smaller routes until high winds subsided.About 50,000 BC Hydro customers in the Lower Mainland, the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island regions were without power as the wind knocked trees onto power lines during the height of the storm around 3 p.m. Then by 3:30 p.m. the wind had subsided in some areas and some of the ferries had resumed sailing, including those on the Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay route, but sailings on many routes were running behind schedule.
The storm also brought heavy snow to the Coquihalla Highway and officials were warning drivers not to use the route because of the dangerous winter driving conditions and the large number of vehicles spinning out in the snow.
TERRORISM AND SAFETY: Global Incident Map - According to globalincidentmap.com, Canada is free of terrorism.
TRAVEL ADVICE BY THE USA:According to information on Travel.State.Gov there is no specific information on travel advice for Canada.
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_1764.html
TRAVEL ADVICE BY FRANCE:Canada has a highly developed, stable democracy with a vibrant economy. Tourist facilities are widely available in much of the country, but the northern and wilderness areas are less developed and facilities there can be vast distances apart.
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/IMG/fcv/conseils-aux-voyageurs_909/index.html
EXTENSION QUESTION:
Yes I would like to live in Canada because It is a developed country with the following; it has a high GDP level and its employment rate is low, it has a good education system and the poverty rate is low.
Task 6 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE
What is the EPI score given to your country?
Canada has been given a score of 66.4
How does this compare with other countries?
It is ranked 46th out of 163 countries.
Which environmental issues are the biggest concern for your country?
Current Issues:
Task 7 Education
What percentage of the GDP is spent on education? 4.9%
How does this compare with the rest of the world? Canada is in 64th place
What percentage of the population is literate? 99%
Is there a major difference in rates of literacy between male and female? There is no difference
How many years is a person expected to attend school? 17
Is there a difference between between males and females? No, There is no difference.
TASK 8 GENDER EQUALITY
The gender equality index from the Social Watch
The Global Gender map
Overall score - 0.7372
Economic Participation and opportunity - 0.7768
Educational attainment - 0.9977
Health and survival - 0.9784
Political empowerment - 0.1959
Maternal Mortality rate for Canada - 12 deaths/100,000 live births
Canada is ranked 139th